While the academy would never let it win, I gotta say with the right momentum Toy Story 3 would have been a strong contender this year. My guess would be the Clooney movie or Artist would still win, but at least people would be upset at Toy Story 3 coming close but not getting it.

Almost all arty-smell-your-own-farty films except for animation and moneyball?

*clicks link*

Yep.

/after both The Bourne Ultimatum and The Dark Knight got snubbed, realized that the academy does not believe entertaining the audience is a necessary or even worthy goal to make a movie deserving of praise